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Aaron Berkman (23 May 1900 – 1 March 1991) was an American Social Realist and Modern painter who was involved in the Federal Art Project, which was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal. Although born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1900, he later moved to New York City in 1929.〔 == Biography == Aaron Berkman was born in Hartford, Connecticut. From 1916-1918 he attended the Connecticut League of Art Students, founded by Charles Noel Flagg, Connecticut's official portrait painter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AARON BERKMAN (1900-1991) "THE WPA MASTER TEACHER AND ARTIST" )〕 He attended the Hartford Art School from 1919–1921, alongside his fellow student and lifelong friend, Milton Avery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aaron Berkman 1900 - 1991 )〕 He studied on scholarship at the Museum Art School of Boston from 1921–1924, then traveled through Europe for two years (1924–25). He spent time in France, Italy, Spain, Holland and Belgium.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AARON BERKMAN (1900-1991) "THE WPA MASTER TEACHER AND ARTIST" )〕 In 1929, during the Depression, he moved to New York City, continuing a friendship and painting relationship with Milton Avery. He married Victoria Artese in 1931.〔 Appointed in 1932 by the Works Progress Administration to a directorship position at the Federal Art Project's Contemporary Art Center of the 92nd Street Y in New York City,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ART CENTER (includes Art Department) Records, 1930-2004 4 cubic feet )〕 he earned a directors' salary of $23.50 per week. In charge of a 17-member WPA artist faculty, he served as director, art teacher, and lecturer on art history.〔 The school offered free classes and had several hundred students.〔 During this period, with Herman Baron as Director, Berkman established the A.C.A. Gallery in New York City at 52 West 8th St., the first artist cooperative gallery in New York City.〔 After retiring from the 92nd street Y in 1965, he established the Bercone Gallery with Janet Cohen in New York City, where he continued to teach, paint, and exhibit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aaron Berkman, 90; Directed Y Art Center )〕 He received fellowships to Yaddo in 1956, and the Huntington Hartford Foundation (Pacific Palisades, California) in 1958.〔 Berkman also wrote a regular column "Articus Comments" for Art Front with Herman Baron, as the editor. He wrote two books,'' Art and Space'', which was published in 1948 by Social Sciences Publishers and ''The Functional Line'', which was published in 1952 by Thomas Yoseloff Publishers.〔 During 1955 - 60, he was a columnist for ART NEWS,〔 writing a column entitled, "Amateur Standing". Berkman was also on the Advisory Committee with Steve Wheeler at "THE FOUR O'CLOCK FORUMS LECTURE SERIES", 1953-55.〔 Berkman painted during the summers from 1939-1945 on Monhegan Island,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Depression Era Artists )〕 Maine while he spent other summers painting in Rockport, and Gloucester, Massachusetts, Vermont, the Connecticut shore, and the Adirondacks in New York State. Most of his work, however, was done in New York City.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aaron Berkman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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